Japanese authorities confirm that 67-year-old Shinzo Abe was shot at around 11:30 on Friday in the Nara region in the west of the country. Local media reports that several bangs were heard and that Abe collapsed. The place where Shinzo Abe was shot during a political event on Friday morning. Photo: AP According to the broadcaster NHK, which cites sources in the police, Abe was conscious and could respond when he was transported to hospital. – He gave a speech and a man came from behind, says a young woman who was at the scene to the broadcaster NHK. Even after his resignation, Shinzo Abe has been a prominent political actor. Photo: KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP – The first shot sounded like a toy. He did not collapse, but then came a loud bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the spark and the smoke. After the second shot, people flocked around him and began cardiac compressions, she continues. A man, probably Shinzo Abe, is taken to a hospital in Kashihara in the Nara region. Photo: KYODO / Reuters Political assassination Abe participated in an election campaign ahead of this weekend’s election to the upper house of the National Assembly. It was announced the night before that he would give a speech at the party’s event. Abe fell over after being shot. The Prime Minister is said to have had heart failure. His condition is unclear. Photo: 130259 + 0900 / AP Pictures sent by NHK show Abe on a stage when a loud bang is heard. Smoke becomes visible. A man is then laid on the ground by security personnel. Facts about Shinzo Abe Born September 21, 1954 Married to Akie Abe from 1987 Is Japan’s longest-serving prime minister Government terms: 2006–2007, and 2012–2020. Re-elected in 2014 and 2017 Party leader of the Liberal Democratic Party LDP in the same period His resignation in 2020 was linked to a relapse of ulcerative colitis, a disease that led to his resignation as Prime Minister also in 2007. His father was Shintaro Abe, former top politician for LDP, and his mother was Yoko Kishi, daughter of former Prime Minister Nobosuke Kishi Abe is a political scientist at Seikei University (1977) and studied English and politics at the University of Southern California in 1978-79 He was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister when he resigned two years ago due to of health problems. A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of having shot the former prime minister. A man is arrested near where Shinzo Abe was shot. Photo: KYODO / Reuters The suspected perpetrator is a former soldier in the navy. He joined the Japanese self-defense forces, as the military is called, in 2005. Shinzo Abe is a conservative politician who fights to build a more active military and overthrow Japan’s pacifist constitution. Cardiac arrest reports NHK and Kyodo both report that Shinzo Abe appeared to have had a cardiac arrest. The term heart failure is sometimes used by Japanese officials in situations where people are no longer alive, but before they are officially declared dead, writes AFP. – The condition is currently unknown. We are investigating the situation, said the head of the cabinet, Hirokazu Matsuno, during a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office. The Prime Minister of Japan has given a speech at 07:30 Norwegian time. Shinzo Abe is Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Photo: KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP Close ally of the United States US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the thoughts are with Abe’s family and the Japanese people. The US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, says he is sad and shocked. He describes Abe as a unique leader and an unwavering ally of the United States. Japan has strict gun laws and is considered one of the safest countries in the world. The Australian Prime Minister calls the attack shocking news. – Our thoughts are with his family and the Japanese people, writes Anthony Albanese.
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